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1855 Capital Partners
Venture capital · State College, PA, United States · North America
1855 Capital Partners is a seed and early-stage venture capital fund investing in companies with an affinity to Penn State University. It develops investment opportunities by engaging with Penn State faculty, staff, students, and alumni, and provides hands-on guidance from operators who have built and scaled technology companies.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordspenn stateuniversity spinoutsinformation technologyadvanced materialshealthcaremedical devices
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Or find every investor that fits1855 Capital Partners lists 11 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (32%), Healthcare & Biotech (21%) and Consumer (11%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Ospraie Ag Science, Activate Venture Partners and Inspovation Ventures.
No funding round on record names 1855 Capital Partners yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not 1855 Capital Partners' whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 11. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 32% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 21% | 15% |
| Consumer | 11% | 3% |
| Education | 11% | 7% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 11% | 7% |
| Fintech | 5% | 12% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 5% | 6% |
| Enterprise Software | 5% | 8% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Ospraie Ag Science | 2 |
| Activate Venture Partners | 1 |
| Inspovation Ventures | 1 |
| Mountain Group Partners | 1 |
| Okapi Venture Capital | 1 |
| Ora Global | 1 |
| Pappas Capital | 1 |
| Praxis | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 27th | 11 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 56th | 32% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 19th | 1 country |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers1091%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company19%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Ospraie Ag Science
Compare 1855 Capital Partners head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
11 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5Metis is a novel mode of action and intellectual property development company solving fungicide resistance for growers worldwide by providing scientific research in the field of agriculture. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Benefix provides a platform for managing small business health insurance | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Croptix delivers fast, easy, and accurate crop data, providing essential nutrition and disease insights to help improve crop quality and yield | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Daasity provides omnichannel analytics for consumer brands, connecting retail, ecommerce, and marketing data through governed analytics models | ConsumerE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
Industrial & ManufacturingEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | |||
| Magnitude Instruments produces and sells various detectors and spectrometers. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Phospholutions develops technologies that increase fertilizer efficiency to enhance global phosphorus use. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Pledge It helps nonprofits rally communities, raise money, and reach goals. | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Reflexion trains athletes' brains with personalized workouts to improve reaction time, eye-hand coordination, and anticipation | Healthcare & BiotechEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| The company sells ultra-repellent coatings and maintenance products for toilets, sinks, and fixtures to make cleaning easier. | Consumer | Portfolio page | ||
| TEAMology provides products and services to support emotional health and wellness in students, including AI-powered check-ins, curriculum, and professional development for educators. | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- 1855capital.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 11
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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